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Haysville, Georgia

28 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1886 and the latest in 1982. It stands in the Chickamauga census division. It lies in ZIP code area 30725. It lies near Bird Hollow. The Survey maps it on the Fort Oglethorpe quadrangle.

Haysville within Walker County

Topographic sheets covering this place

13 surveys from 28 printed sheets

Matched by testing this settlement's coordinate against the published boundary of every sheet in the United States Geological Survey's historical collection. Each opens the scanned sheet at the Survey.

Fires near this place

381 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 381 fires within 5 miles of Haysville between 1992 and 2019, burning about 3,329 acres in total. 4 started naturally. 133 were recorded as arson. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a fire counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Reported cause Fires
Debris and open burning199
Arson/incendiarism133
Recreation and ceremony18
Equipment and vehicle use11
Missing data/not specified/undetermined9
Natural4
Smoking4
Misuse of fire by a minor2
Railroad operations and maintenance1

The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.

DateCause SizeReported by Name on the report
8 September 1999Arson/incendiarism3.9 acresGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
8 September 1999Debris and open burningunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
6 September 2002Debris and open burningunder an acreGeorgia Forestry CommissionFY2003-WALKER-016
5 September 2002Arson/incendiarismunder an acreGeorgia Forestry CommissionFY2003-WALKER-014
5 September 1999Debris and open burningunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
23 September 2015Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreGeorgia Forestry CommissionFY2016-WALKER-002
17 September 2010Smoking1.0 acresGeorgia Forestry CommissionFY2011-DADE-013
16 September 1999Arson/incendiarism114 acresGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Walker County

Mines and quarries near this place

6 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 6 workings within 5 miles of Haysville: 5 past producers, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Iron, Stone, Crushed/Broken. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Where SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Rossville QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Hall Ore Bank AreaIronPast ProducerStrataform, Concordant
High Point AreaIronPast ProducerStrataform, Concordant
J.T. Algoods PropertyIronPast Producer
Stoner-Caldwell PropertyIronPast Producer
High Point AreaPast Producer

Every working recorded in Walker County

Nearest settlements

The eight closest, with where each one stands in the county. Distances are straight-line, computed from the Geographic Names Information System coordinates.

Map PlaceDistance Sheets
High Point1.2 miles26
Kendrick (historical)2.4 miles26
Cenchat2.4 miles28
Hinkles2.6 miles26
Laurelwood Estates2.6 miles28
Thompsonville2.6 miles25
Wallaceville2.6 miles28
Jamesburg2.7 miles26

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 331939. The sheet list is computed by point-in-boundary test against the United States Geological Survey's historical topographic inventory. Both are works of the United States government and carry no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105.

Wildfire. Short, Karen C. 2022. Spatial wildfire occurrence data for the United States, 1992-2020 [FPA_FOD_20221014]. 6th Edition. Fort Collins, CO: Forest Service Research Data Archive. https://doi.org/10.2737/RDS-2013-0009.6 Collected with United States Government funding and usable without additional permissions or fees.

Mines and quarries. USGS Mineral Resources Data System (MRDS) https://mrdata.usgs.gov/mrds/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105.